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Frank Zappa: The Myth Of Joe's Garage

John Swenson, Rolling Stone, 13 December 1979

I'M STANDING ON the loading platform at L.A. International Airport at 2:30 in the morning, listening to a prerecorded voice that keeps repeating "...the white zone is for loading and unloading only..." a refrain heard throughout Frank Zappa's latest effort, Joe's Garage.

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